Jill Biden is making an appeal to the international community to help the starving people of East Africa, which is experiencing a record drought. She visited Lositeti village in Kajiado county in southern Kenya to raise awareness about food insecurity. The Horn of Africa, comprised of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, is facing a possible famine.
The US is providing 70% of humanitarian assistance, but Biden called on other countries to contribute to the global effort to help the region. In the Horn of Africa, 23 million people need assistance, and in Kenya, 4.4 million people face food insecurity, according to the World Food Program.
Biden’s primary reason for her five-day trip to Africa was to combat food insecurity and to reinforce relationships with the continent where China is making its influence known. She spent approximately 90 minutes on the ground, visiting an outreach center that provides medical assistance and meeting with local women to hear how the drought has impacted them.
She was accompanied by Naomi Biden. Biden was greeted by a group of female singers and dancers who surrounded her as a red scarf was placed over her left shoulder. She was also given a beaded necklace, made by the Maasai to represent their culture.
The Lositeti village is the location for the only water source for a 25-mile radius, which is why about 500 people were there to see Biden, even walking around her motorcade to look at all the vehicles. Parents can bring their children to the outreach center to be screened for malnutrition.
Biden also saw the water trough and reflected on how it feeds 12 villages, each with approximately 1,000 to 1,200 people. Many people rely on agriculture and their livestock for their income, meaning poverty has struck the area. Half of the livestock in the area have died, and many children are malnourished.
On her way back to Nairobi, Biden got a treat as a giraffe was eating on the side of the road. She and Naomi Biden stopped to get out of their car to see it.
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